After the meal, Avery and Elliot were about to head back to Aryadelle for New Year's.
"Lilith, it's such a pity we can't see you compete." Avery passed a gift to Lilith." Elliot and | picked this together yesterday. Just a little token of our appreciation. | hope that your competition goes smoothly, and you'll get the results that you want!” "Thank you! Once the competition ends, I'll head back to visit you!" "Hmm, once your competition ends, you should rest well. In just a few short months, it's like you have completely transformed into a different person." "lI am quite satisfied with my current condition," Lilith placed the gift in her bag. She had a conceited expression. "I think I'm even prettier right now." "It's your aesthetics that is distorted. You were already skinny enough in the past, now you're just bones. If you want to talk about beauty, you were much more beautiful in the past." Ben expressed his opinion openly.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"If you're not used to how | look right now, you can just not look at me." "I never said I'm not used to looking at you. I'm just worried about your health," Ben explained patiently.
"My career requiresto maintain this weight, yet you keep nagging me. It's annoying!" Lilith glared at him. "I don't have daddy issues. Can you stop acting like my father?" Avery suppressed her urge to laugh. "Do you two bicker like this all the time?" "No." "Yes!" They said in unison.
Perhaps, they felt a little awkward, so they picked up their glass of water and took a sip.
"Ben, do you want to return to Aryadelle with us?" Elliot asked Ben when he saw how at odds they were with one another.
"Go back with them! If | am top three in the competition, | will surely call you to show off. If not, you should shut up too," said Lilith, trying to make a deal with Ben.
"I'm not going back." Ben's tone was firm. "I already agreed to watch you compete. | have to see you compete before leaving. | even got my camera ready." Lilith said, "Fine, up to you. Anyway, if anyone asks how you are related to me, I'll say that you're my father." Ben said, "Rude! Can't you just say I'm your brother?" "We don't look alike!" "But you said that I'm your father!" "Step-father!" Ben was a little angry, but not angry enough for him to return to Aryadelle.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Elliot, see, this is your sister's true colors. Look at how gentle ?a)>SLW: obedient she is in front of Avery. In front of me, it would be just like what you saw just now." Ben started telling on Lilith.
Elliot said, "What do you wantto say? That you deserved it?" Avery was speechless. She almost spat out the water she had just drunk.
Lilith chuckled.
"Avery, when Elliot was pursuing you back then, he must have suffered a lot, right? | remembered it somewhat clearly," Ben said calmly.
Avery replied, "I think you got it wrong. | was the one who got angrier. He is such a proud person. How could he let himself lose?" "Then, how did you bear it?” "lI didn’t. | just fought with him. If you were to do this, Lilith might ignore you." Avery suppressed her urge to laugh. "Lilith wants to build her career now. Just wait patiently! After the meal, Elliot and Avery headed directly to the airport.